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Shawn Bates was working to establish a business enterprise with four of his wealthy friends.

Each of the five individuals would receive a 20 percent ownership interest in the company. A primary goal of establishing the enterprise was to minimize the amount of income taxes paid. Assume that the five investors are taxed at the rate of 15% on dividend income and 30% on all other in-come and that the corporate tax rate is 30 percent. Also assume that the new company is expected to earn $ 400,000 of cash income before taxes during its first year of operation. All earnings are expected to be immediately distributed to the owners. Required

Calculate the amount of after- tax cash flow available to each investor if the business is established as a partnership versus a corporation.